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Extreme Cold Warning 3, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 30, 202626 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this extreme cold warning at Jan 30, 2026, 12:33 PM EST for 26 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Jan 30, 2026, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 30, 2026, 12:33 PM EST (17:33 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 30, 2026, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Jan 31, 2026, 10:01 AM EST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
All 26 counties

Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 11:36 PM ESTCold Weather AdvisoryILNAdams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more34 hr

Nearby

Extreme Cold Warnings in Ohio, 2026Every extreme cold warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.